Historic Racing Group

 1973 MGB 

Driver  -  Tony Hess

Tony's Racing History :

Tracks Raced at:

Bridgehampton, Limerock, Mid Ohio, NJ Motorsports Park, Pocono 

Road Atlanta, Sebring,  Summit Point,  Thompson, Watkins Glen

Timeline:

69-71  campaigned an MGB DP at various regional events          

71-75 auto crossed a 71 TVR Vixen in Florida at various venues

75-86  some auto crossing in the TVR in PA at various venues

86-96 life got in the way

96-2000 Got the bug again-

Ran a number of BMWCCNA  Club Racing events in a modified 325is

2000-2011 life got in the way ( again)

Went back to school (Racing School that is):

 VSCCA Drivers School May 4-5 2012

Skip Barber Formula 2000 Advanced School

Currently:

1973 Silver MGB in Vintage/ Historic racing configuration

Racing with HRG and SVRA

How that happened-

In 2013 my wife and I were at the Vintage GP at the Glen as spectators and I mentioned to her that it was killing me not being out on the track.  She looked over at me and said "well then go buy a race car" I didn't have to be told twice.

I found a 73 MGB in almost the same colors as the B I raced back in the 60's. Karma?  I bought it and promptly blew the engine my first time out a Limerock.  After getting the B back up to speed I started to race with HRG and SVRA on a regular basis. 

I finished third in Group 2 my first year with HRG which made me more hungry to do better. For 2015 I told myself that I was going for the championship in group 2. Well as it turned out I did win it.  This winter (2016) I made the annual trip down to Sebring for SVRA Winter Classic.  I have been going down to the Classic for about 4 years and every year I seen to get a little faster, when I'm not stuffing the B into the Armco.  This year I finally got my lap times down to under three minutes a lap (2.54.7) and podium-ed in both D production races. If you ever have the chance to race at Sebring DO IT. It's a great track with a lot of history

So it looks like I have been racing off and on for over 50 years

And still counting!

Championships:

2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020-  HRG group 2

In car videos

Sebring 2016

Race with a Triumph Spitfire  Limerock 2015 

Contact at Turn 4 - Thompson 2020

Street cars :

Between my wife and myself we have 7  TVR's, a TR-6, a Lotus Elan S3, a Griffith 200 (it's hers, it scares me) and two 67 Triumph T-120R Bonnevilles   It takes a fair amount of my time keeping them all running.

 Car Clubs:

In addition to racing I am the president and events chair for the TVR Car Club of North America.

If anyone is ever in my neck of the woods (Bucks County, PA), stop in and say hi. I'll show you the shop treat you to BBQ.

Other Stuff:

My wife Candice like go go fast as well. In addition to her TVRs and BMW she's a bicycle racer, currently ranked number one in her age group in the USA.